Card or ticket holder.



F. F. SCHMIDT. UARD OB. TICKET HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APR.26, 1909.

Patented July 12, 1910 WITNESSES VENTOR.

FRANK F. SCHMIDT, OF LA CYGNE, KANSAS.

CARD 0R TICKET HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J My 1 2, 1 910.

- Application filed April 26. 1909. Serial No. 492,201.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK F. Soiulm'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Oygne, in the county of Linn and State oi The object of my invention is to provide a card or ticket holder which may be cheaply manufactured, which is not liable to get out of order, and which may be quickly and firmly secured to either a rigid or a flexible support.

()ther novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my inventionFigure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, taken on the dotted line ab of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing two cards mounted in the respective receptacles provided therefor.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts. i

'lhe preferable form of my invention comprises two parts, each of which is preferably made of spring wire. One part constitutes a base member which is provided with means for being secured to a rigid support or to a llexible'support, such as a garment. The other part comprises a. clamping member secured to the base member by a spring hinge connection so that the clamping member may be swung to and from the base member against which it is normally held by spring pressure, thus forming between the members av receptacle to receive a card, ticket, or similar device. The clamping member is also provided with a U-shaped portion which forms another receptacle for a card, ticket, or similar device. 'lwo card or ticket receptacles are thereby provided, into either of which a card or ticket may be slipped, or from which a card or ticket may be removed without danger of disturbing a card or ticket that may be held in the other receptacle.

Referring to the drawin s, 1 denotes the base member, preferably, ut not necessaril y, of substantially rectangular form. The wire base member 1, is provided with side port-ions 2 and 3, and end portions 4 and 5.

The side portions 2 and 3 are each provided with an eye 6 adapted to receive a securing screw or nail, by which the base member may be rigidly secured to any suitable sup ort, such as the wall of a car. -One end of the wire forming the base is rovided with an eye 7, located near the mi dle of the transverse end portion 4. The other end of the wire is passed through the eye 7, and from there extends centrally to a point beyond the end portion 5, which is provided with a lip 8, shown in Figs, 2 and 3, adapted to engage the tongue or free end 9, of the base wire. Intermediate the transverse portions 4 and 5, the tongue 9 is formed into a coil 10 for the purpose of increasing the resiliency of the tongue. The tongue 9 normally is disposed apart from the lip 8 with which it is made to engage by pressing it under the lip in a manner similar to the manner of securing the tongue of an ordinary safety pin.-

The spring wire clamping member 11 has ite ends respectively bent around the side portions 2 and $3 of the base at points. 12 intermediate the end portions 4 and 5. From the points 12 the wire of the clam ing member extends to the end portion 5 0 the base, around which it is formed into coils 13 by which the clamping member 11 is provided with a spring hinge connection with the base member 1. From the coils 13 the wire of the clamping member 11 extends toward and beyond the transverseportion 4 of the base member, against which it normally bears by spring pressure.

From the transverse portion 4 the wire of the clamping member ll extends toward the transverse portion 5, near which it is provided with a return bond 14, thereby forming a U-shaped portion, constituting a receptacle which is adapted to receive therein a card or ticket 1:"), as shown in Fig. 4. By swinging the clamping member 11 away from the base member 1 a receptacle is thus provided between the two members for the reception of another card or ticket 16, as shown in Fig. 4.. Either of the cards or tickets 1.5 or 16 may be inserted into or rewithout disturbing the card or ticket contained in the other receptacle.

moved from the receptacle containing it.

When used as a portable card or ticket holder the device may be secured to a garment, such as a coat, by piercing the getof a car, as described. It is then adapted to receive tickets or trip checks, such as are given by train conductors to passengers.

I do not limit my invention to the precise structure illustrated'and described, as various modifications within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing. from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim; and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a card or ticket holder, a rectangu larly formed wire base member havmg securing means, and a spring wire clamping member having two arms coiled around one.

transverse end of the base member and re spectively engaging oppos te sides of the base andextendmg from said transverse end seams to 51nd pressing against the other transverse en 2. In a card or ticket holder, a rectangularly formed Wire base member having a retaining lip formed in one transverse end and having an eye formedin the other transverse end and provided with a spring tongue extending through said eye and adapted to lockingly engage said lip, the tongue having a coil iormed therein, and a sprin clamping. member havin two arms coile around one transverse en of the base memher and respectively en aging opposite sides of the base member an extending from the transverse end around which they are coiled to and pressing against the other transverse end of the base member.

in testimony whereof I have signed my" FRANK F. SCHMIDT.

presence of two Witnesses:

A. MITZEL, E. M. WHITE. 

